HC Deb 12 December 1928 vol 223 c2127
68. Sir H. BRITTAIN

asked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider the suitability of commemorating the postal conference in London next year by reintroducing the principle of the penny post, having regard to the surplus of the Post Office in recent years?

The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Sir William Mitchell-Thomson)

I am afraid I cannot add anything to the statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 22nd November.

Sir H. BRITTAIN

Can my right hon. Friend suggest any better process to which to devote the surplus than this? It would produce an enormous increase in trade.